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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Automated discovery of inhibitors targeting DNA gyrase to combat antimicrobial resistance

Background and research gap. DNA gyrase is an essential bacterial enzyme that maintains homeostatic control of DNA supercoiling and the target of successful antibacterial compounds. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr HSA Saqib Ali, Prof P O'Neill, Dr G Nixon
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA – Photon-Counting CT Biomarkers for Early Precision Stratification of Coronary Plaque

  Research Group: Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences
Coronary artery disease remains a leading cause of death, yet current CT angiography chiefly grades luminal stenosis rather than plaque composition, missing many patients with vulnerable but non-obstructive plaque who go on to have heart attacks. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Perelli, Dr R Bates, Prof MW Williams, Prof S Padmanabhan
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: A novel mechanism linking DNA damage response signalling to neuronal cytoskeletal dysfunction in neurodegeneration

Neurons in the brain communicate through highly interconnected signalling networks that control how we think, move and respond to our environment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr DB Byrne, Dr N Sanchez-Soriano, Dr K McMillan
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA – Virtual Multi-Omics: Decoding the Tumour Microenvironment from H&E Slides using Spatially-Aware AI

  Research Group: Institute of Cancer Sciences
Collaborative Project - MRC’s Collaborative awards provide students with experience of collaborative research with a non-academic partner, enabling the student to spend a period of time with the partner (usually no less than three months over the lifetime of the PhD). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J LeQuesne, Dr K yuan, Prof D Chang
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PROTAC-mediated phospholamban ablation as a therapeutic approach for heart failure

In the cardiovascular system, one enzyme above all others controls a process that is fundamental to the working of the muscle of the heart. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof W Fuller, Dr D France
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA – Precision Prevention and Management of Adult Dental Caries: Distributional Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Using Individual Participant Data from Randomised Clinical Trials

  Research Group: Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Dental caries remains one of the most prevalent chronic conditions worldwide and is responsible for substantial healthcare and societal (lost productivity) costs, dental pain, tooth loss and inequalities in oral health. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Goulao, Dr J Lewsey, Dr D Boyers
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BHF Doctoral Training Programme: The vascular Niche in Health and Disease

We are seeking innovative and highly motivated scientists to become part of the new British Heart Foundation funded 4-year Doctoral Training Programme (DTP) collaborative cohort-based PhD, equally shared between the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow, both world-leading research-intensive institutions. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Bailey
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Towards Mitigating Severe Neurotoxicity in T-cell Immunotherapy

Are you ready to tackle one of the most pressing safety challenges in immuno-oncology?. This NW-DMS CASE PhD studentship offers a translational project at the interface of neuroscience, immunology and drug safety. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Dickens, Prof M Pirmohamed, Prof A Dinkova-Kostova
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA – Repairing the epithelial barrier in IBD to restore intestinal homeostasis

  Research Group: Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation
Crohn’s disease (CD) is a common form of inflammatory bowel disease. It occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks normal gut bacteria, damaging the intestine. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Milling, Dr M Pineda, Prof K Tokatlidis, Dr UZ Ijaz
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA – Anticholinergic burden, heat exposure and health outcomes: a linked-data approach to tackling inequalities

  Research Group: Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Heatwaves are becoming more frequent and intense in Europe, but their health impacts are not shared equally. Many commonly prescribed medicines, including antipsychotics, antidepressants and antihistamines have anticholinergic effects that can reduce sweating and impair the body’s ability to regulate temperature. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Niedzwiedz, Dr P Hanlon, Dr J Lewsey, Dr M Sundström
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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NERC GW4+ Integrating environmental observations and machine learning to predict rare large dust emission events

This interdisciplinary PhD project aims to develop novel approaches for detecting, characterising and predicting rare, spatially heterogeneous large dust emission events e.g., the June 2020 record-breaking Saharan “Godzilla” dust event. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Chappell, Dr C Luo, Dr P Nowak, Dr L Zhuo
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: In ovo organoid xenografts to accelerate gastric cancer drug and biomarker development

We are looking for a motivated, curious, and ambitious student to join a dynamic research team focused on transforming how we understand and treat gastric cancer. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Duckworth, Prof M Pritchard, Prof LG Yu
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Galectin-3 signalling in trabecular meshwork biology: 3D and organ-culture models toward antifibrotic outflow therapy to treat Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a common eye disease and a leading cause of irreversible sight loss. It becomes more common with age, and raised intraocular pressure, caused by increased resistance in the trabecular meshwork, is the only factor that can currently be treated. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Sheridan, Prof LG Yu, Ms N Vallabh
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA – Identifying scar-associated macrophages in early Crohn’s disease

  Research Group: Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation
Crohn’s disease, with ulcerative colitis, form the principal inflammatory bowel diseases, which affect 1% of people in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Jones, Dr C Bain, Dr P Ramachandran
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA – Genomic and mathematical approaches for the precise targeting of public health interventions to control viral emergence

  Research Group: Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation
Emerging pathogens are an ongoing threat to human health globally. At the start of outbreaks, there is a small amount of available data, as case numbers are low. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Hill, Prof D Robertson, Prof A Rambaut
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: The role and molecular actions of Galectin-3 in peritoneal fibrosis

Can we prevent surgical scars before they become life-changing complications?. Peritoneal adhesions affect millions of patients worldwide following surgery, infection, or injury. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Wilm, Dr S Herrick, Dr R Xie, Dr L Yu
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA – Precision Prevention of Kidney Stone Disease: Epidemiology, Health Inequalities, and Incretin-Based Therapies

  Research Group: Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Kidney stone disease (KSD) is common and recurrent, affecting ~10% of the population. It causes substantial morbidity and healthcare utilisation, including emergency hospital admissions and operations. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr KW Wing, Dr C Lovegrove, Dr J Friday
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford. 4 Year PhD Studentships - October 2027

7Outstanding and motivated students are sought for highly prestigious 4 year PhD studentships available for research projects starting in October 2027. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme
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Precision Medicine DLA – Advanced Multiomics and Machine Learning for Predicting Treatment Outcomes in Inflammatory diseases

  Research Group: Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation
Collaborative Project - MRC’s Collaborative awards provide students with experience of collaborative research with a non-academic partner, enabling the student to spend a period of time with the partner (usually no less than three months over the lifetime of the PhD). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Mahony, Prof J Brewer
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Insects in clouds: Investigating Airborne Insects as Ice-Nucleating Particles in Clouds

This CASE supported project deals with one of the biggest unknowns in our ability to understand the role clouds play in climate, that is the production of ice in clouds. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof B Murray, Dr M D Tarn
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA – Investigating the role and function of top scoring genes identified through a meta-analysis of CML LSC datasets, focusing on RXFP1

  Research Group: Institute of Cancer Sciences
Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative disease driven by a translocation between chromosomes 9 and 22 in a haematopoietic stem cell (HSC), resulting in the formation of a leukaemic stem cell (LSC). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Helgason, Dr K Roy, Dr S Mariani
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Predicting Safety Risks in Offshore Wind (Ref: AURA27-RS)

Can organisations identify safety risks before accidents happen? Help develop the next generation of proactive safety management in offshore wind. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Soetanto, Prof F Munir
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Developing real-time detection methods for amine emissions from industrial carbon capture technologies

Developing real-time detection methods for amine emissions from industrial carbon capture technologies. The global warming potential of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has accelerated international efforts to develop industrial mitigation strategies to reduce emissions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M S Shaw, Dr N Farren, Prof J Hamilton
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Volcanoes and microplastics: microplastic abrasion and degradation by pyroclastic materials (Ref: 2027-LU07)

Microplastic pollution is a pressing global challenge; microplastics are recognised as a pervasive, near-unmanageable pollutant, with consequences for human and animal health, biogeochemical cycling and ecosystem functioning. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Williams, Prof P Roach
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fully Funded Distance Learning PhD Opportunity in Logistics and Supply Chain Management – Central Asia

Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), U.K., with funding support from LEARN Logistics by Kuehne Foundation, is seeking applications for a fully funded Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) opportunity leading to a PhD in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Matellini
 1 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA – Predicting and preventing antimicrobial resistance through patient-specific infection ecology

  Research Group: Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine
In the clinic, antimicrobial treatments are routinely chosen based on an assessment of their immediate efficacy on the most abundant pathogen lineage isolated from an infection. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Mancini, Dr J Rudkin, Dr K Oravkova, Dr S Granneman
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The hidden cost of waves: Mitigating wake-induced power loss in floating wind farms (Ref: AURA27-JF)

As the most suitable UK near-shore sites for fixed foundation turbines are taken up, further growth requires moving into deeper waters. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Fleming, Dr J Su, Dr Q Hawari
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Precision Medicine DLA – How do tumours heal in response to acute injury and chemotherapy?

  Research Group: Institute of Cancer Sciences
In this PhD project, the prospective student will study how tumours respond to acute injury and chemotherapy, using a novel Drosophila tumour model developed by the Davidson lab that allows live, in vivo confocal imaging of tumour cell death and inflammation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Davidson
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Offshore Wind and Coastal Communities: Economic Resilience, Well-being and the Just Energy Transition (Ref: AURA27-SR)

This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Rasciute, Dr AR Bennato
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fusing AI and Fluid Dynamics for a Multi-Terawatt Offshore Wind Future (Ref: AURA27-RD)

State of the art industry software currently struggles to predict how complex ocean waves generate dynamic forces on offshore wind turbine foundations. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Dorrell, Prof C Lloyd
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)